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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born March 16, 1581 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died May 21, 1647 (aged 66) • The Hague • Netherlands
Notable Works “Grandida” • “Nederlandse historiën”

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Portrait of Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft by Joachim von Sandrart, showing Hooft with light brown hair, a trimmed beard, and a white lace collar against a dark background.
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Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
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Joost van den Vondel
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Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
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Martinus Nijhoff
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Henriëtte Goverdina Anna Roland Holst-van der Schalk
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Mercy Otis Warren
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Jan van Hout
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Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914
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